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Alexi Grewal: worst teammate ever
On Dec 8, 3:58*pm, Ryan Cousineau wrote:
snip ...and much more, very entertaining stuff snip Agree... this Alexi stuff is entertaining and awesome. Particularly so for me and the generation of riders who were around when he started. Indulge me a few brief Alexi stories with a common theme... 1. Berkeley Hills RR, late 1970's, junior race to earn points (10 deep) to go to world championship trials: Two riders off the front, Alexi and his teammate working their asses off to pull them back, most all the rest of us sitting on waiting to sprint for 3rd. The two stay away. I got 2nd in the sprint, and thus 4th in the race. Alexi and his teammate didn't place. My friends and I walk by Alexi afterward, and he's livid and spitting and cussing at us, "You fukkin wheelsuckers, you race like losers, blah, blah, blah..." 2. Team Time Trial at junior worlds team trials in Colorado Springs that same year: Groups of four were chosen to ride together based on the staff's assessment of similar abilities. I don't remember the following due to oxygen deprivation most likely, but one of my teammates that day (Sterling McBride) recalls it clearly. In the latter half of the race, the four of us were plugging away into the wind when out of nowhere, Alexi comes blowing by us ALL BY HIMSELF!!! He had dropped his teammates in a TTT because he could go faster alone! Who knows, maybe he attacked them?!?! 3. The following year at some OTC camp: Alexi pees on a guy's bike who he doesn't respect ...but then gets the **** beaten out of him by said bike's owner. My point is, from an early age, he showed the fire and scrappiness that would define his entire bike racing career. In my experience, 95+ % of the riders that take the line at any level don't have the passion to win. I know I didn't, and still don't. Clearly there are good genetics in the family (e.g., Rishi too) but I think Alexi did as well as he did because of his rare ability to tap into and fuel off of raw emotion. |
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Alexi Grewal: worst teammate ever
Agree... this Alexi stuff is entertaining and awesome. Particularly so for me and the generation of riders who were around when he started. Indulge me a few brief Alexi stories with a common theme... 1. Berkeley Hills RR, late 1970's, junior race to earn points (10 deep) to go to world championship trials: Two riders off the front, Alexi and his teammate working their asses off to pull them back, most all the rest of us sitting on waiting to sprint for 3rd. The two stay away. I got 2nd in the sprint, and thus 4th in the race. Alexi and his teammate didn't place. My friends and I walk by Alexi afterward, and he's livid and spitting and cussing at us, "You fukkin wheelsuckers, you race like losers, blah, blah, blah..." 2. Team Time Trial at junior worlds team trials in Colorado Springs that same year: Groups of four were chosen to ride together based on the staff's assessment of similar abilities. I don't remember the following due to oxygen deprivation most likely, but one of my teammates that day (Sterling McBride) recalls it clearly. In the latter half of the race, the four of us were plugging away into the wind when out of nowhere, Alexi comes blowing by us ALL BY HIMSELF!!! He had dropped his teammates in a TTT because he could go faster alone! Who knows, maybe he attacked them?!?! 3. The following year at some OTC camp: Alexi pees on a guy's bike who he doesn't respect ...but then gets the **** beaten out of him by said bike's owner. My point is, from an early age, he showed the fire and scrappiness that would define his entire bike racing career. In my experience, 95+ % of the riders that take the line at any level don't have the passion to win. I know I didn't, and still don't. Clearly there are good genetics in the family (e.g., Rishi too) but I think Alexi did as well as he did because of his rare ability to tap into and fuel off of raw emotion. Great stories -This is why people love Alexi Grewal - he's got the **** that cowards and team players dream they had. Alexi probably doesn't even remember these things - just another day at the office for him. |
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Alexi Grewal: worst teammate ever
On Dec 10, 4:06*pm, Anton Berlin wrote:
Agree... this Alexi stuff is entertaining and awesome. Particularly so for me and the generation of riders who were around when he started. Indulge me a few brief Alexi stories with a common theme... 1. Berkeley Hills RR, late 1970's, junior race to earn points (10 deep) to go to world championship trials: Two riders off the front, Alexi and his teammate working their asses off to pull them back, most all the rest of us sitting on waiting to sprint for 3rd. The two stay away. I got 2nd in the sprint, and thus 4th in the race. Alexi and his teammate didn't place. My friends and I walk by Alexi afterward, and he's livid and spitting and cussing at us, "You fukkin wheelsuckers, you race like losers, blah, blah, blah..." 2. Team Time Trial at junior worlds team trials in Colorado Springs that same year: Groups of four were chosen to ride together based on the staff's assessment of similar abilities. I don't remember the following due to oxygen deprivation most likely, but one of my teammates that day (Sterling McBride) recalls it clearly. In the latter half of the race, the four of us were plugging away into the wind when out of nowhere, Alexi comes blowing by us ALL BY HIMSELF!!! He had dropped his teammates in a TTT because he could go faster alone! Who knows, maybe he attacked them?!?! 3. The following year at some OTC camp: Alexi pees on a guy's bike who he doesn't respect ...but then gets the **** beaten out of him by said bike's owner. My point is, from an early age, he showed the fire and scrappiness that would define his entire bike racing career. In my experience, 95+ % of the riders that take the line at any level don't have the passion to win. I know I didn't, and still don't. Clearly there are good genetics in the family (e.g., Rishi too) but I think Alexi did as well as he did because of his rare ability to tap into and fuel off of raw emotion. Great stories -This is why people love Alexi Grewal - he's got the **** that cowards and team players dream they had. Alexi probably doesn't even remember these things - just another day at the office for him. I'm not an Alexi fan so maybe someone else should tell the story of how Alexi lost the GC for the Tour of Texas at the Zilker Park crit. --D-y |
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Alexi Grewal: worst teammate ever
On Dec 10, 4:47*pm, Marco wrote:
My point is, from an early age, he showed the fire and scrappiness that would define his entire bike racing career. In my experience, 95+ % of the riders that take the line at any level don't have the passion to win. I know I didn't, and still don't. Clearly there are good genetics in the family (e.g., Rishi too) but I think Alexi did as well as he did because of his rare ability to tap into and fuel off of raw emotion. dumbass, some riders can be very good but they can't be a good pro because they are injury prone or they get sick too often, a disability if you will. in grewal's case it was his emotions. he sabotaged what could've been a long pro career. a guy like andreu did not have the same ability but he was a solid pro for over a decade not to mention some of the others that he beat at the olympics. these emotional type guys (decanio is another) are actually narcissists. guys that succeed long term are always more level headed. |
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Alexi Grewal: worst teammate ever
On Dec 11, 10:51*am, Amit Ghosh wrote:
On Dec 10, 4:47*pm, Marco wrote: My point is, from an early age, he showed the fire and scrappiness that would define his entire bike racing career. In my experience, 95+ % of the riders that take the line at any level don't have the passion to win. I know I didn't, and still don't. Clearly there are good genetics in the family (e.g., Rishi too) but I think Alexi did as well as he did because of his rare ability to tap into and fuel off of raw emotion. dumbass, some riders can be very good but they can't be a good pro because they are injury prone or they get sick too often, a disability if you will. in grewal's case it was his emotions. he sabotaged what could've been a long pro career. a guy like andreu did not have the same ability but he was a solid pro for over a decade not to mention some of the others that he beat at the olympics. these emotional type guys (decanio is another) are actually narcissists. guys that succeed long term are always more level headed. +1 |
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Alexi Grewal: worst teammate ever
On Dec 11, 11:33*am, Plano Dude wrote:
On Dec 11, 10:51*am, Amit Ghosh wrote: On Dec 10, 4:47*pm, Marco wrote: My point is, from an early age, he showed the fire and scrappiness that would define his entire bike racing career. In my experience, 95+ % of the riders that take the line at any level don't have the passion to win. I know I didn't, and still don't. Clearly there are good genetics in the family (e.g., Rishi too) but I think Alexi did as well as he did because of his rare ability to tap into and fuel off of raw emotion. dumbass, some riders can be very good but they can't be a good pro because they are injury prone or they get sick too often, a disability if you will. in grewal's case it was his emotions. he sabotaged what could've been a long pro career. a guy like andreu did not have the same ability but he was a solid pro for over a decade not to mention some of the others that he beat at the olympics. these emotional type guys (decanio is another) are actually narcissists. guys that succeed long term are always more level headed. +1 Some serious cumguzzlers on this thread. All they're missing is a silicone wristband. |
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Alexi Grewal: worst teammate ever
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, Marco wrote: On Dec 8, 3:58Â*pm, Ryan Cousineau wrote: snip ...and much more, very entertaining stuff snip Agree... this Alexi stuff is entertaining and awesome. Particularly so for me and the generation of riders who were around when he started. Indulge me a few brief Alexi stories with a common theme... 1. Berkeley Hills RR, late 1970's, junior race to earn points (10 deep) to go to world championship trials: Two riders off the front, Alexi and his teammate working their asses off to pull them back, most all the rest of us sitting on waiting to sprint for 3rd. The two stay away. I got 2nd in the sprint, and thus 4th in the race. Alexi and his teammate didn't place. My friends and I walk by Alexi afterward, and he's livid and spitting and cussing at us, "You fukkin wheelsuckers, you race like losers, blah, blah, blah..." 2. Team Time Trial at junior worlds team trials in Colorado Springs that same year: Groups of four were chosen to ride together based on the staff's assessment of similar abilities. I don't remember the following due to oxygen deprivation most likely, but one of my teammates that day (Sterling McBride) recalls it clearly. In the latter half of the race, the four of us were plugging away into the wind when out of nowhere, Alexi comes blowing by us ALL BY HIMSELF!!! He had dropped his teammates in a TTT because he could go faster alone! Who knows, maybe he attacked them?!?! 3. The following year at some OTC camp: Alexi pees on a guy's bike who he doesn't respect ...but then gets the **** beaten out of him by said bike's owner. My point is, from an early age, he showed the fire and scrappiness that would define his entire bike racing career. In my experience, 95+ % of the riders that take the line at any level don't have the passion to win. I know I didn't, and still don't. Clearly there are good genetics in the family (e.g., Rishi too) but I think Alexi did as well as he did because of his rare ability to tap into and fuel off of raw emotion. Sound as if he learned something from event 1. -- Michael Press |
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Alexi Grewal: worst teammate ever
Some serious cumguzzlers on this thread. All they're missing is a silicone wristband. Everyone recognizes that Plano Douche has had more testicles lodged in his throat than Liz Hatch fantasizes about and masturbates to. |
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Alexi Grewal: worst teammate ever
On Dec 11, 8:51*am, Amit Ghosh wrote:
On Dec 10, 4:47*pm, Marco wrote: My point is, from an early age, he showed the fire and scrappiness that would define his entire bike racing career. In my experience, 95+ % of the riders that take the line at any level don't have the passion to win. I know I didn't, and still don't. Clearly there are good genetics in the family (e.g., Rishi too) but I think Alexi did as well as he did because of his rare ability to tap into and fuel off of raw emotion. dumbass, some riders can be very good but they can't be a good pro because they are injury prone or they get sick too often, a disability if you will. in grewal's case it was his emotions. he sabotaged what could've been a long pro career. a guy like andreu did not have the same ability but he was a solid pro for over a decade not to mention some of the others that he beat at the olympics. these emotional type guys (decanio is another) are actually narcissists. guys that succeed long term are always more level headed. Dumbass - The biggest problem was no one wanted him on their team. I guess you could call it "emotional", but it's a bit more than that. Some people are emotional and manifest it outwardly in a positive way. thanks, Kurgan. presented by Gringioni. |
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Alexi Grewal: worst teammate ever
Kurgan. presented by Gringioni. wrote:
could call it "emotional", but it's a bit more than that. Some people are emotional and manifest it outwardly in a positive way. Definitely agreed. Lots of emotional people who make it big in sports, cycling included. Think of hothead sprinters or nervous climbers. |
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